Reviews of ASUS RT-N56U

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Reviewed on 2010-11-22

How do you increase your market share in a crowded networking space? Do something different, some of you might say. Sexy routers are rare as with most drab-looking networking peripherals you see around you. There's the occasional anomaly, of course, su...

On deck for review today is the ASUS RT-N56U “Black Diamond” Dual-band Gigabit Wireless-N Router. ASUS has a broad stable of networking equipment including wireless adapters, wireless routers, wired networking gear and even some power line networki...

Scheduler could be better, No external antennas or connections to add your own, Please drop by the Bigbruin.com Forum and feel free to post any comments or questions

ASUS may be known for their motherboards, but they have a wide range of computer products which include award winning netbooks, video cards, tablets, sound cards and even network products. Bigbruin.com has covered many of these products with favorable res...

Uses its own DNS servers if you don't specify any, Traffic Monitor feature is far from accurate, Wired connection isn't quite as fast as advertised

ASUS must’ve recently hired a pro designer, their latest devices have been superbly attractive. This trend has continued with the RT-N56U Dual-band Gigabit Wireless N Router. Hands down, it is the best looking piece of networking equipment ever cre...

The stylish and compact Asus RT-N56U Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router offers stellar 5GHz performance, long range, and an intuitive Web interface. Its storage feature is well designed; the router is comparatively fast; and it offers a convenient way to...

The Asus RT-N56U's Web interface takes a long time to apply changes and the router doesn't support the new three-stream 450Mbps wireless speed

Editors' note, December 14, 2015: This review was updated with its overall rating lowered to reflect its position compared with newer routers.The compact and well-designed RT-N56U Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router is a major step up from its bulky and b...

A few odd selections for wireless defaults, No guest WLAN / multiple SSID

The RT-N56U is ASUS' new top-of-line wireless router. It is simultaneous dual-band 802.11n with four-port Gigabit switch and two USB 2.0 ports that support storage and printer sharing. It gets its "Black Diamond" nickname from the faceted diamond pat...

A router is probably one of the most important components in today’s home. Not only does it provide a first hurdle for any hackers that try to get into a home network, it also allows users to connect a lot of computers while sharing a single IP to the...

The stylish and compact Asus RT-N56U Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router offers stellar 5GHz performance, long range, and an intuitive Web interface. Its storage feature is well designed; the router is comparatively fast; and it offers a convenient way to...

The Asus RT-N56U's Web interface takes a long time to apply changes and the router doesn't support the new three-stream 450Mbps wireless speed

The compact and well-designed RT-N56U Dual-Band Gigabit Wireless-N Router is a major step up from its bulky and buggy predecessor, the RT-N16 . It offers the fastest 5Ghz speed to date and very good overall performance for both wireless and storage featur...

The home networking market is one that is booming with technology, but is quite stagnant in terms of aesthetics. If you look things over you really are getting the same shell even if you get more features or more speed from your choice of router. ...

Web interface a little slow and takes time to get used to, power adapter is flimsy

In addition to having a dual-band wireless access point, the ASUS RT-N56U runs a Gigabit Ethernet switch that makes wired file transfers very quick, and it also has a UPnP server and two USB 2.0 ports. You can plug in external hard drives filled with ...

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